ILYA ZHAROV portrait
  • Professor, Chemistry
  • Adjunct Professor, Materials Science and Engineering

Research Summary

Current research in Zharov group is divided between three main areas: (1) functional membrane materials for energy and separations, (2) functional nanoparticles for biomedical applications and catalysis, and (3) nanoconfinement effects on chemical reactivity and on physical properties of hydrocarbons.

Education

  • Bachelor of Science, CHELYABINSK STATE UNIVERSITY
  • Master of Science, CHEMISTRY, TECHNION - ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
  • Doctor of Philosophy, CHEMISTRY, UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT BOULDER

Biography

Ilya Zharov is a Professor at the Chemistry Department, University of Utah. He obtained his BS in 1990 from Chelyabinsk State University, his MS in 1994 from the Technion, and his PhD in 2000 from the University of Colorado, Boulder. In 2000-2003 he was a Beckman Postdoctoral Fellow at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His research focuses on novel nanoporous materials, ion conductive membranes, and on theranostic agents. Among his awards are Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation New Faculty Award and the National Science Foundation CAREER Award. He was named an Emerging Investigator by the Chemical Communications in 2011 and serves on the Editorial Board of Current Smart Materials.

Awards

  • Robert W. Parry Teaching Award,  University of Utah, 2018
  • Editorial Board Member, Current Smart Materials, 2015 - 
  • Emerging Investigator, Royal Society of Chemistry, Chemical Communications, 2011
  • IUPAC Young Observer Award, 2011
  • Feinberg Foundation Visiting Faculty Award, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel, 2010
  • Emerging Investigator, Royal Society of Chemistry, Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2007
  • NSF CAREER Award, 2007
  • Dreyfus New Faculty Award 2003
  • Beckman Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2000